DateTimeZoneHandling setting |
This sample uses the DateTimeZoneHandling setting to control how DateTime and DateTimeOffset are serialized.
public class Flight { public string Destination { get; set; } public DateTime DepartureDate { get; set; } public DateTime DepartureDateUtc { get; set; } public DateTime DepartureDateLocal { get; set; } public TimeSpan Duration { get; set; } }
Flight flight = new Flight { Destination = "Dubai", DepartureDate = new DateTime(2013, 1, 21, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Unspecified), DepartureDateUtc = new DateTime(2013, 1, 21, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc), DepartureDateLocal = new DateTime(2013, 1, 21, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Local), Duration = TimeSpan.FromHours(5.5) }; string jsonWithRoundtripTimeZone = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(flight, Formatting.Indented, new JsonSerializerSettings { DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.RoundtripKind }); Console.WriteLine(jsonWithRoundtripTimeZone); // { // "Destination": "Dubai", // "DepartureDate": "2013-01-21T00:00:00", // "DepartureDateUtc": "2013-01-21T00:00:00Z", // "DepartureDateLocal": "2013-01-21T00:00:00+01:00", // "Duration": "05:30:00" // } string jsonWithLocalTimeZone = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(flight, Formatting.Indented, new JsonSerializerSettings { DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Local }); Console.WriteLine(jsonWithLocalTimeZone); // { // "Destination": "Dubai", // "DepartureDate": "2013-01-21T00:00:00+01:00", // "DepartureDateUtc": "2013-01-21T01:00:00+01:00", // "DepartureDateLocal": "2013-01-21T00:00:00+01:00", // "Duration": "05:30:00" // } string jsonWithUtcTimeZone = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(flight, Formatting.Indented, new JsonSerializerSettings { DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc }); Console.WriteLine(jsonWithUtcTimeZone); // { // "Destination": "Dubai", // "DepartureDate": "2013-01-21T00:00:00Z", // "DepartureDateUtc": "2013-01-21T00:00:00Z", // "DepartureDateLocal": "2013-01-20T23:00:00Z", // "Duration": "05:30:00" // } string jsonWithUnspecifiedTimeZone = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(flight, Formatting.Indented, new JsonSerializerSettings { DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Unspecified }); Console.WriteLine(jsonWithUnspecifiedTimeZone); // { // "Destination": "Dubai", // "DepartureDate": "2013-01-21T00:00:00", // "DepartureDateUtc": "2013-01-21T00:00:00", // "DepartureDateLocal": "2013-01-21T00:00:00", // "Duration": "05:30:00" // }